Thrust bearing



March 19, 1935. w. E. HoRRocKs THRUST BEARING Filed Nov. 14, 1953 Fill-1.4

l/l/l/ INVENTOR WALTER E HORROCKS ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 19; 1935 I UNITED STATES ATEN OFFE THRUST BEARliNG Walter E. Horrocks, Lakewood, Ohio Application November 14, 1933, Serial No. 697,950 1 Claim. (oi. soc-231) My invention relates to certain new and use- This invention is illustrated inthe accompanyful improvements in thrust bearings, the puring drawing in which: poses and objects of which will be apparent from Fig. l is a fragmentary section showing the the following description: separator, rollers, races and casing or jacket.

The thrust bearings referred to are of the jack- Fig. 2 is a plan of a separator with two rollers 5 eted type wherein the jacket or casing is spun or set in place between the spokes with the rollers curled around the edge of the race to hold the extended to the outer edge of the separator. entire bearing together. Present thrust roller Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view through the bearings are made by inserting the rollers in a center of the roller bearing showing one spoke a e which has an inner and outer ring for reof the roller bearing separator without the roller 10 taining the roller within the cage and the entire n p ace; d One Spoke with the roller in P assembly of cage and rollers are inserted between Fi 4 is a Cross Section Of a modification. the races which are held together with a jacket or Referring Sp c fica y t0 the drawing in Which casing. similar numerals of reference indicate similar Another type of thrust bearing is one in which parts, 1 is a roller bearing separator recessed or 15 the separator is made from thin metal consistcut away i the Shape Of Slots M at the Outer ing of an inner ring with projecting spokes, the edge to form spaces for the rollers 2 to rotate outer ends of the spokes-being supported upon b tw th sp k s 3 0 t roller pa at the race flanges, Said race flanges being turned which separator is substantially of the type shown towards the inner side of the bearing to form a in my said app a a characteristic feature 20 thrust shoulder for the rollers, and the entire of which is that the thickness of the sep is assembly of rollers, separator and races are held greater than One-half the distance between the together with a spun casing or jacket. races, so that the separator can never become With the two types described it is apparent co ed oroverrun by the e s.

I that in a thrust bearing with a given inside and The complete assembly of the rollers 2, ro1ler 25 outside dimension the maximum length of the separator 1 and roller retainers or races 4 are roller bearings is limited to the outside dimenheld toge y a $111111 as jacket 5 Which sion less the inside dimension plus the width of p v n the Parts from becoming Separated thus the inner and outer ring of the cage, or th tallowing the free rotation of the rollers 2 and 39 side dimension less the inside dimension plus the the Separator 1 between the roller retainers width of the inner ring of the separator and the races width of the roller thrust flange of the rac The inside face 6 of the races or retainers a In order to increase the bearing capacity of allows roller bearings 2 to extend between the thrust bearings of this type without increasing face 7 of the separator 1 and the inner face 8 of 5 the diameter of the roller bearings I have inthe jacket casing the inner face 6 of the vented bearing which will n the length of races or retainers 4 being made fiat allow, the

the rollers being made considerably longer than roller bearings 2 extend 9 the outer edge is possible with present practice the races or retainers 4 which feature permits This is accomplished by using the separator making the length of the rollers 2 longer than it such as shown in .my application Serial No. 531,429, filed April 20, 1931, which allows the spokes of the separator to. extend to the inside face of the jacket utilizing a pair of races with a straight or flat contact surface on the roller bearing side which allows the rollers to extend to the inside of the jacket and using the jacket to confine the rollers within the bearing between the spokes oi the separators, the combination or" 50 which will allow the making of a roller bearing of a longer length, the increased length of the bearing occupying the space made available by A tmust bearing comnr'ismg a pair of rams Eliminating the space required with the outer rollers between the races, a separator spacing in of a b a i ca e or t thrust shoulder 011 the rollers and having an inner ring, and a thin as races. sheet metal jacket extending around and between cage, or a separator combined with races having a roller thrust shoulder on its outer edge.

This device can be used in all types of straight or taper roller bearings which are used as thrust bearings and will allow the rollers to be increased in length th reby increasing the load bearing capacity of the entire bearing.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 4 the bearing races 5a are tapered, instead of straight as shown in Fig. 3.

1 claim:

is possible to do with bearings contained in a 4 i the races, the rollers extending the full distance radially between the inner ring of the separator and the inside surface of the jacket, and the races having a straight bearing surface in line contact with the rollers, and the rollers extendingto the outer edge of the races, whereby the rollers have a maximum radial bearing contact with the races in proportion to the total diameter of the bearing, said contact extending to the circumference of the bearing, less the thickness of the jacket.

WALTER E. HORROCKS. 

